Kind of Bleu

Over the past ten years, I have gathered these photographs into a personal image diary I call Kind of Bleu.

The title nods to Miles Davis’s 1959 album Kind of Blue, with Bleu shifting the reference toward something more personal. Over time, blue has become a recurring presence in the way I photograph and remember my own life, carrying with it associations of mood, memory, place, and affection.

For me, blue signifies love, inspiration, fidelity, and new beginnings. It has been the color of creativity for artists from Picasso to Elvis, and it is also the color of my own world: the playground sky, the pool we swim in, the swallows and jays that visit, the camp chairs and puffy blankets, the grape hyacinths by our pond. Most of all, it is the color of the art I make and share, and the color of my children’s eyes.

From dynamic street scenes to playful shenanigans and moments of quiet reflection, these images trace a decade of life, ordinary and extraordinary, fleeting yet unforgettable. Juried by FotoNostrum’s team of curators, a selection from Kind of Bleu was awarded Honorable Mention in the Open Theme Professional Series Category at the 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers.

This is my kind of bleu.